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Teaching Online: A Student-Centered Approach --> Assessment Plan
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I learned that Understanding assessments and feedback is key to learning. To succeed, students need to know what is expected of them, which is why clear rubrics and learning goals are essential. A mix of ongoing (formative) and final (summative) assessments helps students and teachers track progress and make smart decisions. Feedback is also vital – when it's specific and personalized, it can really help students grow. However, too much feedback can be overwhelming, so teachers need to find a balance that works.
Comment on James Hamburg's post: I've always used peer feedback but I haven't made it anonymous -- I will start doing that
I learned that both formstive and summative assessments are needed to reinforce learning during the lesson and to prove that learning occurred once the lesson is completed.
I am impressed by the idea of students providing feedback to each other. Hopefully the two students' topics would be different so that they can learn about a new topic while providing constructive feedback. Also, I have found that utilizing the term "Constructive feedback" is less intimidating than "Constructive criticism".
Rubrics are great assessment tools but also providing clear and meaningful feedback goes a long way for learners to grasp aspects of the lesson that may have been missed.
Generic feedback can be used, but personalized feedback is much more meaningful and can lead to better learning outcomes. Additionally, self-feedback and peer-feedback can assist in this process.
Personalized feedback is critical to helping students understand where they can do better and help them improve. It's also important to focus on what else they can do to help them maximize the score.
Using varied forms of feedback is a good way to interact with students, as well as not being overwhelming with the information you give them when assessing their work.
I have learned that giving substantial feedback to students helps them to learn better
Formative assessments throughout the lesson and summative assessments at the end should be appropriately and expertly constructed to ensure that students get the most from the online course.
I would like to emphasize the key components of meaningful feedback include the following: connected to learning objectives, frequent, positive in tone, automatic if possible, provided in a variety of ways: written (peer or instructor feedback), auditory, visual. Also to be individualized, specific and detailed.
Using rubrics gives a clear indicator of the work required and how it will be assessed.
I learned the importance of identifying the different types of assessments that exist and providing meaningful feedback.
It is imperative to use the objectives when grading. The rubric can guide the student to include/exclude specific data related to the content
How important rubrics can be in helping students as they are specific and give students detailed information about expectations.